Meeting notes

Published: September 9, 2004 12:00AM

All adult club meeting reports appear on Living pages. Due to the increased volume, they will be limited to pertinent business items and a short (two- to three-paragraph) summary of the program.
Reports should be in writing and reach The Daily Record within three days of the meeting.
Wooster Noon Lions
President Dave Shock welcomed members and guests when Wooster Noon Lions met at Memories Party & Conference Center on Sept. 2. Deanna Troutman urged members to distribute posters advertising the club's Fall Flea Market and chicken barbecue at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on Sept. 25. Alex Roberts reminded members of the District Golf Outing on Sept. 18.
Don Redman introduced speaker Dr. Gregory Halley, Wayne County Health Commissioner. Dr. Halley noted that Wooster Health Department and Wayne County Health Department were combined in 1976, after each had been formed about 70 years previously. Since 1994, he has headed the Combined General Health District, and currently has a staff of 45 full and part-time employees. Dr. Halley outlined the many services provided by his department. Additional information is available at www.waynehealth.org.
Speaker for the Sept. 9 luncheon meeting at Memories will be David Livingston.
Orrville Exchange Club
The Rev. Dave Kowaleski, minister of Trinity United Methodist in Orrville since 2003, gave a complete history of Planter's Peanuts to Exchange Club members when they met for lunch Sept. 2 at Orrville YMCA.
Kowaleski and his wife, Sharon, and their combined family of six children have been collecting Planter's Peanut items since 1992. He told of the history of the company and explained that a Mr. Peanut contest was held in 1916 with a $5 prize given to the winner for the logo chosen. The prize went to Antonio Gentile, 14.
Kowaleski's collectibles range from store jars to banks, glasses, straws, cups, etc.
President George Bixler announced an Exchange Club Leadership Conference would be held Oct. 8 and 9 at Quaker Square in Akron. Those interested in attending should contact Herm Panyard.
Guests attending were Bruce Schantz, honorary Exchange Club member, and his wife, Grace.
Wayne County Salon, 8/40
Wayne County Salon 372 of 8/40 met for lunch Sept. 1 at the Wooster American Legion Post Home. Kathy Stein and Bernice Walters were hostesses.
Le Petit Chapeau Pat Carpenter of Marshallville presided over the meeting and new program booklets were given out to all partners. A raffle gift donated by Ruth Ann Bowman of Wooster was won by Rosemary Reeves of Doylestown.
Officers for 2004-05 were installed by Chapeau Passe, Virginia Hooker of Orrville. They are Le Petit Chapeau, Pat Carpenter; Le Petit Chapeau Premier, Bernice Walters; Le Petit Chapeau Deuxieme, Kathy Stein; Le Petit Secretaire and Caissiere, Mary Ellen Hanna; L'Aumonier, Virginia Hooker; L'Archiviste, Dorothy Nolt; and La Concierge, Dorothy Downs. Red carnations were given to each officer. The Le Petit Chapeau Passe pin was presented to Carpenter.
The next meeting will be Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. in Rittman. Hostesses will be Catherine Berkey and Freda Stefanica.
Wooster Exchange Club
Sondra Wolfe from Hospice & Pallative Care of Greater Wayne County spoke to Wooster Exchange Club on Aug. 10.
The annual golf outing and steak dinner was held at The Pines on Aug. 17.
Jim Corbett from Rivendell Zoological Park entertained the club on Aug. 24 by bringing various exotic animals to the noon luncheon. The park is dedicated to educating the public about animals in captivity and in their natural habitat. They provide animals in their care a clean, safe and comfortable home.
A plaque, T-shirt and gift certificate was presented Aug. 31 to the youth of the month from Boys' Village.
Laureate Epsilon Beta
When Laureate Epsilon Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met at the home of Lois McCandless on Thursday, Kathy Martin reported approximately 50 people attended the Beta Sigma Phi Council picnic on Aug. 29. She also passed around a sample of the new BSP cookbook.
The group voted to donate money to the BSP Florida disaster relief through the International office and to make a donation to Pelizeaus Merzbacher Disease conference. The Wayne County Care Center will be one of the service projects.
Members are to meet at Ramseyer's Corn Maze Sept. 17 at 5:30 p.m. The chapter is in charge of the entertainment for the Council Fall Banquet to be held Oct. 21 at the Barn Restaurant.
Mary Monroe gave the program on The Gift of Reading. She talked about Agatha Christie and the more than 60 detective novels she wrote in 55 years. More than 2 billion of Christie's books have been sold in more than 45 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Christie passed away in 1976 at the age of 86.
The next regular meeting will be Oct. 7 at the home of Jan Wagner. The BSP council meeting will be Sept. 30 at the home of Ruth Smailes.
Wayne County Genealogy
Wayne County Genealogy Society met Sept. 4 in the meeting room of the main branch of the Wayne County Library. The group showed many different finds. These finds included, diaries of grandmothers, how to display military medals, original documents in awarding land (this between two pieces of glass to be able to read both sides), pictures of the old homestead (which is the home of Orrville Historical Society), books on family history found on Heritage Quest, and many others.
The society will have copies of the new Wooster Cemetery book for sale at its booth at the Wayne County Fair, plus other books. The theme is "More than Just Tombstones." On Oct. 2, the Ohio Genealogy Society President Diane Cagel will speak on Migration Patterns to Ohio.
The Annual Recognition luncheon and installation of officers will be Nov. 13 at the Shreve Branch of the library. Take a covered dish to share for the noon luncheon. A tour of County Line Historical Museum will follow around 2 p.m.
Wooster Duplicate Bridge
There were 3 1/2 tables in play when Wooster Duplicate Bridge Club met Sept. 4 at Wooster Community Center. Average was 24. Pairs above average were Evelyn and Mary Smith, 30 1/2; Kay Wagner and William Yamazaki, 28 1/2; Sue Hopkins and Jean Parcell, 27 1/2; Louise Lanning and Fran Beyer, 24.